Greeley, Colorado

Greeley is a home rule municipality, serving as the county seat and the most populous municipality of Weld County, Colorado, United States. According to a July 2015 estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, the population of the city is 100,883, and a 2014 population estimate made Greeley the 12th-most populous city in Colorado. Greeley is a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor.

Greeley in The House of Daniel

In 1934, Greeley was a comparatively small town, heavily reliant on sugar beets and its companion industry. The were home to the semipro Greeley Grays, whose roster was made up primarily of Mexican migrant workers who worked the sugar beet fields. In June, 1934, the day after winning the Denver Post semipro tournament and surviving the Great Zombie Riots of 1934, the House of Daniel played the Grays. The Grays were good, and the House was very tired, so the Grays won handily.

After the game, the House's manager, Harv Watrous, tried to find a route to Grand Junction by the next day; Denver was still closed. When Watrous suggested going over Milner Pass, a Colorado Highway Patrolman argued that it was so high up that even in the middle of the summer, it could have snow. When the patrolman saw that Watrous wasn't going to budge, he contacted a colleague near the pass, who confirmed that there were six inches of snow. Watrous gave in, and arranged for the House play the Grays twice more over the next two days. Each team won a game each.